My question involves civil rights in the State of: Idaho.
Has a District Administrative Judge (AJ) violated State Constitution and/or State Statue/law/code by passing an "Order" banning weapons (specifically firearms) in the courthouse when state law does not "expressly authorize" the Judge to do so?
Is there grounds enough for someone to file a state civil rights violation? Or, does someone first need to have "legal injury" (e.g., be charged with 'contempt of court') to then have legal standing?
Foremost, a District Judge is elected. Thus the District Court and/or Judge(s) are "a political subdivision of the state".
The District's AJ, having already been publicly elected, is then elected to be AJ by other District Judges.
The "powers" granted to an AJ are enumerated in Idaho Code (IC) § 1-907. Of specific note is section (l) {lower-case "L"}, which reads (emphasis added):
(l) appointing personnel when needed to attend to the courts, and assigning duties to these court attendants for the purpose of maintaining the security and efficiency of court facilities.
You'll read below both Idaho's "right to bear arms" amendment (or Article) and Idaho's state statute (Idaho Code, or IC).
Specifically, that IC § 18-3302J(2) does explicitly state "Except as expressly authorized by state statute, no ... political subdivision of this state may adopt or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance which regulates in any manner the ... carrying ... of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunition".
I have researched what the legal definitions for: express, expressly, authority, authorized. The links below don't necessarily state that I hold these definitions as the sole definition qualifiers, just for decent reference.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/express
http://dictionary.findlaw.com/definition/authority.html
I have yet to find and/or learn of any case law wherein someone was "held in contempt of court" by carrying a firearm into this specific Idaho Judicial District's courthouse being in "violation" of the "Order".
Below are additional "helps" / links to aid in this matter.
Thank you.
KC
The full "Order" put forth can be found at this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1..._zlHC3K6E/edit
State of Idaho Constitution, Article 1, Section 11 reads:
RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. The people have the right to keep and bear arms, which right shall not be abridged; but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to govern the carrying of weapons concealed on the person nor prevent passage of legislation providing minimum sentences for crimes committed while in possession of a firearm, nor prevent the passage of legislation providing penalties for the possession of firearms by a convicted felon, nor prevent the passage of any legislation punishing the use of a firearm. No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. Nor shall any law permit the confiscation of firearms, except those actually used in the commission of a felony.
Idaho Code (IC) § Title 18, Chapter 33, Section 02J, subsections (1) and (2), or IC § 18-3302J(1)-(2), reads as follows:
18-3302J. PREEMPTION OF FIREARMS REGULATION. (1) The legislature finds that uniform laws regulating firearms are necessary to protect the individual citizen's right to bear arms guaranteed by amendment 2 of the United States Constitution and section 11, article I of the constitution of the state of Idaho. It is the legislature's intent to wholly occupy the field of firearms regulation within this state.
(2) Except as expressly authorized by state statute, no county, city, agency, board or any other political subdivision of this state may adopt or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance which regulates in any manner the sale, acquisition, transfer, ownership, possession, transportation, carrying or storage of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunition.

